Updated On: 27 January, 2026 03:34 PM IST | Bareilly | mid-day online correspondent
"A strange spectacle has been created in India by a few people with communal mindsets. Whenever a Hindu festival or fair starts, a signboard is displayed beforehand, indicating that Muslims are not allowed. Recently, at Gangotri Dham, the committee announced that Muslims would not be allowed," the Muslim body chief said

Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat. PIC/ X SCREENGRAB
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, criticised the decision to bar non-Hindus from Gangotri Dham, calling it “divisive” and harmful to communal harmony.
According to the news agency ANI, he warned that such measures threaten Hindu–Muslim unity and undermine the nation’s social cohesion.